Lighting and phonics courses

For the fourth consecutive year , the Donizetti Theater Foundation’s courses for training lighting and sound engineers will be held at the Donizetti Theater.

The objective of the courses is to offer the opportunity to have a first direct, theoretical, but above all practical contact with the profession of the theater technician, providing a series of basic preliminary elements and tools, preparatory to an initial approach to the world of performing arts.

The courses are taught by the technical staff of the Donizetti Theater Foundation – Alessandro Andreoli, chief electrician and light designer, and Cristian Tasca, sound engineer – with the support of Giulia Breno and Umberto D’Annolfo from the Set Design Office. Project curated by Maria Grazia Panigada.

“These courses, together with the acting and dramaturgy courses, represent a fundamental part of our activity, going to integrate with all the performance proposals at Teatro Donizetti and Teatro Sociale,” specifies Maria Grazia Panigada, Artistic Director of the Prose Season and Other Paths of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, “They constitute the educational part and are important for us because we feel it is our duty to give young people the opportunity to learn about the professions of theater and to be able to approach this world and then perhaps in the future be able to be part of it. Personally, I am grateful to all those who make this project possible by putting their professionalism on the line and showing educational concern.”

Call for proposals 2026: selections kick off!

Once again this year, building on the positive feedback from past years, the Donizetti Theater Foundation is issuing a call for applications to participate in the lighting and sound engineering courses related to the Prose Season and Altri Percorsi, conducted by the Foundation’s own expert staff.

The courses are aimed at young people aged 17 years or older (also yet to be completed, as long as it is by the end of 2026).
To participate, applicants should send their curriculum vitae containing any previous experience and studies done, as well as a motivational letter, by filling out the form at this link no later than noon on Tuesday, May 5, 2026..
Following selection on the basis of the submitted documents and letters, the outcome of the call for applications will be announced on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
The courses will begin on Monday, June 8, 2026.

Both courses, at the end of which a certificate of attendance will be issued, will provide theoretical elements of the basic criteria, methodology, and terminology, followed by practical tests with the chief electrician and chief sound engineer of the Donizetti Theater. There will be a common introductory meeting for both courses; afterwards, each course will take place over four intensive days where the theoretical and practical foundations of the disciplines will be laid.
Participants in the lighting engineering course will also have the opportunity to have a hands-on experience at the Claypaky company, an international benchmark brand in professional lighting systems: during the day, participants will learn about the history of lighting engineering, the company’s products and experience their use during a dedicated technical session.
Students in the phonics course, on the other hand, will experience a meeting with Francesco Bonalume, composer and mix engineer, titled “The Hidden Jobs of Sound Engineers, Orchestral Microphones and the Future of Phonics” focusing on professions in the field; a meeting at the Triangolo Lab studio in Bergamo, during which participants will see the structure of a recording studio and creative processes; and participate in a lecture focusing on the analysis of audio/video projects.

Next, participants will be asked to get down to business by working alongside the Foundation’s technical staff in recording a live band on the stage of the Donizetti Theater.

LIGHTING DESIGN
Course days and hours

  • Monday, June 8, 2026: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (meeting) and 2-5 p.m. (course)
  • Tuesday, June 9, 2026: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. (course)
  • Wednesday, June 10, 2026: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (stage set up for registration session)
  • Thursday, June 11, 2026: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (day at ClayPaky)
  • Friday, June 12, 2026: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (live band recording session)

SOUNDENGINEERINGCourse days and hours

  • Monday, June 8, 2026: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (meeting) and 2-5 p.m. (course)
  • Tuesday, June 9, 2026: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. (course)
  • Wednesday, June 10, 2026: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (stage set up for registration session)
  • Thursday, June 11, 2026: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. “The Hidden Jobs of Sound Engineers, Orchestral Microphones and the Future of Phonics”: meeting by Francesco Bonalume; 2:30-6 p.m. “Beyond the Screen – Sound Narration Workshop”: meeting and activities at Triangolo Lab/Bergamo
  • Friday, June 12, 2026: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (live band recording session)

For more information:

Tel. 035.4160612
E-mail info@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org

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